Top 10 Must See Attractions in China

No matter you have been in China or not, there are ten attractions here deserve your visit. The following are my pick of the Top 10 Must See Attractions you should visit, please have a look and hope can help you.

Great Wall of China

Great Wall of China

As one of the most magnificent ancient defense works, the Great Wall is arguably the main attraction bringing more foreigners coming to Beijing.
Originally built 2,000 years ago in the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC), The Great Wall was designed to protect the Chinese Empire against intrusions. It tretches from Shanhaiguan Pass on the east coast to the Jiayuguan Pass in the Gobi Desert, about 7300 kilometers (4300 miles) long. Seen from a distance, the Wall is an awesome spectacle, snaking across the hills of northern China seemingly without end.

Forbidden City

Forbidden City

Situated in the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City is the world's largest palace covering 72 hectares. Built from 1406 to 1420, the palace complex consists of 980 surviving buildings with 8,707 rooms surrounded by a six meter (20 ft) deep moat and a ten meter (33 ft) high wall. Twenty-four emperors reigned over the country for almost 5 centuries from the Forbidden City until the abdication of Puyi, the last Emperor of China. Today the Forbidden City is a museum and one of the most popular tourist attractions in China.

Mount Huang

Guilin Landscape

Also known as Huangshan (“Yellow Mountain”), Mount Huang is a mountain range in range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. The area is well known for its scenery, sunsets, peculiarly shaped granite peaks, Huangshan Pine trees, and views of the clouds from above. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of China's major tourist destinations.

Guilin Landscape

Guilin Landscape

As the famous tourism city in China, Gulin has long enjoyed the reputation that "Guilin wins the world for its mountains and waters". Located in the northeast part of Guangxi, Guilin has warm climate and abundant rainfall; the Karst landscape creates the rising mountains with various forms; the water of the winding Lijiang River is crystal clear; the mountains have many deep caves with grand sceneries; the grotesque rocks in the caves are the genius work of the nature. All of these constitute the “four wonders” of Guilin: green mountains, clear water, surprising caves and grotesque rocks. Lijiang River, Xiangbi Mountain, Diecai Mountain, Ludi Rock, Qixing Park and other famous scenery spots contribute to the unique charm of Guilin landscape.

Li River Cruise

Li River Cruise

A Li River cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo is the highlight of any trip to northeastern Guangxi Province. The landscape is decorated with amazing hills, steep cliffs, incredible caves and farming villages, and is lined with bamboo groves. With its breathtaking scenery and taste of a life far removed from the concrete metropolis, the scenery along the Li River is one of the top tourist attractions in China.

Terracotta Army

Terracotta Army

The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang (221 BC-206 BC), the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife. It is the most popular tourist attraction in Xián and one of the most popular in all of China. It is estimated that in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army there were over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits.

Potala Palace

Potala Palace

Situated 130 meters above the Lhasa valley, the building measures 400 metres east-west and 350 metres north-south, with sloping stone walls averaging 3 m. thick, and 5 m. (more than 16 ft) thick at the base, and with copper poured into the foundations to help proof it against earthquakes.Thirteen stories of buildings – containing over 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines and about 200,000 statues – soar 117 metres (384 ft) on top of Marpo Ri, the "Red Hill", rising more than 300 m (about 1,000 ft) in total above the valley floor.The Potala Palace remained the residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India, after the Chinese invasion in 1959. It is now a museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site.

West Lake

West Lake

West Lake is a freshwater lake in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in eastern China. It has influenced poets and painters throughout China's history for its natural beauty and historic relics, and it has also been among the most important sources of inspiration for Chinese garden designers. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011, described as having "influenced garden design in the rest of China as well as Japan and Korea over the centuries" and reflecting "an idealized fusion between humans and nature".

Sanya

Sanya

Sanya is a popular tourist resort with mountains, sea, river and city. It is noted for its tropical climate, the climate here is hot in summer but warm in the three other seasons. The whole city is related to the sea. Every year, a large number of tourists from both home and abroad come to enjoy the unique tropical oceanic landscape that is totally different from the other cities of China.

Mogao Caves

Mogao Caves

The Mogao Caves form a system of 492 temples 25 km (15.5 miles) southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a crossroads on the Silk Road. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spanning a period of about a 1,000 years. Construction of the Buddhist cave shrines began in 366 AD as places to store scriptures and art. Along with the Longmen Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes, the Mogao Caves are one of the three most famous ancient rock-cut temples in China.